Coin holder



H. RAY

COIN HOLDER July 8, 1947.

, Filed Feb. 12, 1946 INVENTOR.

Ara/ME Vs Patented July 8, 1947 UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE COIN HOLDER Henry Bay, New York, N. Y. Application February 12, 1946, Serial No. 647,159

8 Claims.

This invention relates to new and improved coin holders and has particular relation to coin.

Another object of this invention is to provide coin holders which may be manufactured in continuous strips adapted to be cut or separated into portions of various lengths in accordance with varying needs.

A further object of my invention consists in providing coin holders in which the bottom of the pocket holding the coin or coins, is open to permit the pushing out of the respective coins.

Still another object of this invention is to provide coin holders comprising similar pockets which, however, are adapted to receive coins held therein of various sizes.

It is also an object of this invention to provide coin holders of practically perfect visibility of the coins for the purpose of instantaneous identiflcation.

Other objects and. the advantages of my invention will appear from the following specification and claims and the appended drawings, which show, by way of example, some preferred embodiments of the invention, and in which Figures 1-9, incl. show coin-holders made exclusively of :plastic material;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a handbag provided with a coin holder of plastic material according to my present invention;

Figure 2 is front view of a plastic strip portion which contains a series of pockets and from which coin holders containing several pockets may be obtained in the manner described hereinafter;

Figure 3 is a cross-section along line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figures 4 and 5 are cross-sections of details, taken along lines A and B respectively, of Figure 2;

Figure 6 shows a plastic coin-holder applied to a frame curved upwardly, while Figure '7 is a similar View of a plastic coin-holder and frame curved downwardly.

Figure 8 shows plastic coin-holders in the shape of two short strips, one beneath the other;

In Figure 9 several pockets of plastic material are shown in cross-section as they actually inter- 2 lock on a coiled strip, as will be explained hereinafter;

Figures 10 and 11 show in front view and sectional view another embodiment of my invention, in which a plastic carrier strip is combined with pockets made of metal, and

Figure 12 illustrates a further embodiment of my coin-holders, which are made exclusively of metal.

As will be apparent from the drawings, particularly Figure l, in a bag 32 equipped with coinholder 3 i, once the bag is open, the user has at a glance an open display of the supply of small change, and may extract the right coin by a single motion. Thus, my coin-holder allows the user to have some coins, such as quarters, dimes, nickels and cents, ready at hand, without having first to fumble in the bag for the change purse and then, after the change purse has been opened, to look for the particular coin.

Briefly, the plastic holder according to this invention is a strip consisting of a series of small individual pockets, each of which may hold one, two, or possibly three coins. The strip is extruded of a flexible, transparent thermoplastic material, such as a suitable vinyl acetate composition, polythene composition or similar material. Due to its transparency, the flexible plastic material shows the color of the material to which it is secured. This allows the production of onesingle standard plastic coin-holder which goes with any existing color. Furthermore, it makes th coin-holder inconspicuous, and fit to be mounted into expensive pieces of ladies apparel or the like. 'Ih'e transparency of the plastic material permits at a, glance an open display of its contents; its softness, thinness, and flexibility permits its being sewn on to the bag lining material or to any kind of fabric, leather or plastic sheet material. It may be also cemented on by means of an appropriate glue or cement or may be fixed by the application of heat and pressure, and it may be fastened on by mechanical means, such as rivets, studs or wire stitching. Due to its flexibility, the plastic coin-holder does not impair in any way the flexibility of the bag. Owing to the relatively low specific gravity of the plastic material, the coin-holder does not add materially to the weight of the bag or the piece of apparel. The plastic material is also pleasant to the touch.

The strip generally denoted by reference numeral 33 in Figure 2, may be produced in lengths of a number of yards, for example about 35 yards, comprising 1000 coin pockets of approximately 1%" each. This strip is produced by extrusion with the uniform cross section shown in Figure 3 along its length, and, therefore, the pocket I will also be continuous. In order to form individual pockets for the coins, the two pocketforming elements of the strip must be permanently joined at regular intervals 50 that the initially continuous pocket is subdivided into short individual pockets. This is accomplished by means of uniformly spaced spot welds arranged at a distance of approximately 1%" from one another. Portion d (see Figure 3) right under bead 2 of the front member and portion 3 facing said portion 4 are being joined at said distances by means of heat and pressure. Heat may be supplied electronically or by ordinary resistance heaters. Instead of heat and pressure a suitable solvent or cement may be used. In Figure 2, these welds are shown as two spots 5 flanking a lower V-shaped notch 7, punched right under bead 2. Above a lower notch I there is always a similar yet inverted notch 6, these notches 6 and I forming a pair. Between the notches of such a pair, the following elements are left intact: in the front member, the bead 2, and in the rear member, the portion 3 facing bead 2. In Figure 2, the portion of the strip located between two adjacent pairs of V-notches corresponds to one coin pocket.

As best shown in Figure 2, a semi-circular notch 8 is provided in the center of each coin pockets bottom, this notch 8 being punched through both, the front and rear member of the pocket, as shown in Figure 3. The edge I2 of the inserted coin 9 projects through notch 8, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 3.

It will be apparent from Figures 2 and 3, that U-shaped coin pockets I are formed by the cooperation of a (in section shorter) front member and a longer rear member. The front member has a reinforced top edge or bead 2. Together with the opposing curved face of the rear member, the latter and the front member form a funnel-like opening to the pocket I into which the coin 9, shown in dotted lines, slips easily. The coin-holder is fastened by means of stitches IE to a fabric or other suitable material Ill, shown in dotted lines in Figure 3. As shown in Figure 3, due to the shape of the pocket, the coin 9 is held at a slight angle so that one of the grasping fingers may readily be inserted between the upper edge of the coin and the rear member of the pocket. The bottom of the pocket being open, it permits the pushing out of the respective coin or coins.

As mentioned above, the strip is produced in a length of, for example, 35 yards. These strips may then be coiled and shipped to manufacturers of articles in which the coin-holders are to be inserted. The manufacturers may cut the coils according to their needs in pieces, each of which consists of a number of pockets, for example 3 to 10 pockets, and the pieces are then mounted in the desired articles in the above described manner. In order to accommodate users who make their bags themselves, short strips, cut off when purchased, may be sold in retail stores. The users may sew them on, by means of any sewing machine, preferably with a wide-spaced lock stitch.

The strip illustrated in Figure 2 may be easily separated into short sections by cutting the narrow link of two adjacent pockets between a lower notch 1 and an upper notch 6, with scissors, a

chisel or the like. This link being very small in cross-section, both strip ends will have a neat appearance no matter how awkward the cut. This is one advantage of the V-shaped notches. An other important advantage is the fact that this strip may be arranged and sewed on in any curved line to match the outlines of the various bag frames. Figure 1 shows a strip in a straight frame, Figure 6, one in a frame curved upwardly and Figure '7, one in a frame curved downwardly. Such use of the strips in curved frames is possible owing to the presence of notches 6 and 7 without the formation of creases and folds. The arrangement of two strips in the manner shown in Figure 8 is practical in short and deep bags.

Figure 9 explains another advantage of the particular cross-section shown in Figure 3. In this figure, three adjacent sections are shown as they actually interlock on a coiled strip. Owing to the interlocking, substantial space in storing, packing, and shipping is saved, particularly in view of the relatively large number of windings to one reel.

Figures 10 and 11 show'another embodiment of my present invention. In this embodiment, a plastic carrier strip, similar in material and qualities to the above described plastic strip, is combined with coin pockets made of metal, preferably spring steel. These pockets are separate units, permanently fastened to the strip by means of heat-sealing of integral wide loops between two cooperating members of the plastic strip. The strip I3, when extruded of an inverted Y-section, is provided with V-shaped notches 22 and carries between its two sealed members I4 and I5 the loops I9 of the steel clips. The rear member is and front member I! form a pocket I 8. The strip is sewn on to fabric 2I by means of stitches 29.

According to a further embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figure 12, the coin-holder may be made exclusively of metal. In this embodiment, a continuous strip is built of individual steel pocket clips which are joined by means of hollow rivets or the like. These joints pivot and permit flexibility in the plane of the drawing while the springy flexible sheet material of the clips permits flexibility in a plane vertical to that of the drawing. Through the holes of the hollow rivets, the strip may be sewn or riveted or otherwise fixed to the bag lining. This strip may be separated into sections containing the desired number of coin pockets by merely removing or destroying the hollow rivets of the joints to be severed. Both ends of two adjacent clips having formed such a severed joint, have holes (through which the hollow rivet has been originally driven) that serve as attachments, as described above, for the hollow rivets. Figure 12 illustrates a portion of such strip. In this figure, clips 23 are provided with pivoting joints 2t. The hollow rivets are shown at 21, and the end of disjoined clip at 24, having a hole 25 ready for attachment to a bag lining.

It wil1 be apparent to those skilled in the art that my present invention is not limited to the specific details described above and shown in the appended drawings and various modifications are possible in carrying out my invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the same as defined in the appended claims. Of course, the coin holders described herein may be employed to hold other articles than coins, for example, such articles as tokens, keys, etc.

It is to be understood that in the above specification and the appended claims, the terms welding or welded are used to include the uniting of two sheets or pieces of thermoplastic material by any suitable means such as application of heat and pressure, adhesives, solvents, cements or the like.

What is claimed is:

1. A coin-holder adapted to be attached inside of handbags and to other articles, said coinholder comprising a continuous series of adjacent coin pockets, and being flexible in the plane of said series and a second plane perpendicular thereto.

2. A coin-holder adapted to be attached inside of handbags and to other articles, said coinholder comprising a continuous series of adjacent coin pockets, being flexible in the plane of said series and a second plane perpendicular thereto, said pockets being provided with notches through which edges of coins placed in the pockets project and which expose portions of the coins for ready access.

3. A coin-holder consisting of a continuous strip of a thermoplastic material comprising a rear portion and an integral front portion forming a pocket with said rear portion; said continuous strip being longitudinally subdivided by uniting said rear portion and front portion of the strip at uniformly spaced intervals to form individual pockets, said strip also being provided with pairs of inwardly directed V-shaped notches above and below the united portions of the strip, said individual pockets being provided with notches through which edges of coins placed in the pockets project and which expose portions of the coins for ready access.

4. A coin-holder consisting of a continuous strip of transparent thermoplastic material comprising a rear portion and an integral front portion, which is shorter in cross section than said rear portion, has a reinforced top edge, and forms a pocket with said rear portion, said continuous strip being longitudinally subdivided by uniting said rear portion and front portion of the strip near said reinforced top edge at uniformly spaced intervals to form individual pockets, said strip also being provided with pairs of inwardly directed V-shaped notches above and below the united portions of the strip, said individual pockets being provided with notches through which edges of coins placed in the pockets project and which expose portions of the coins for ready access.

5. A coin-holder comprising a continuous strip of thermoplastic material having a rear portion and an integral front portion, uniformly spaced coin pockets made of metal being fastened by means of integral loops of said pockets between said rear and front portion of said strip which is provided with V-shaped notches between adjacent pockets. I

6. A coin-holder comprising a continuous strip of thermoplastic material having a rear portion and an integral front portion, uniformly spaced coin pockets made of metal having integral loops sealed between said rear and front portion of said strip which is provided with inwardly directed V-shaped notches between adjacent pockets, said pockets being provided with notches through which edges of coins placed in the pockets project, and which expose portions of the coins for ready access.

'7. A coin-holder comprising a continuous strip formed by individual metallic pocket clips joined by fastening means, said strip being flexible in the plane of said pocket clips and in a plane perpendicular thereto.

8. A coin-holder comprising a continuous strip formed by individual steel pocket clips flexibly joined by means of hollow rivets, said pocket clips being provided with notches through which edges of coins placed in the pockets project, and which expose portions of the coins for ready access.

HENRY RAY. 

